On Prešeren's hand-written booklet,
which Dr Josip Vošnjak sent to be looked at by Stritar
in Vienna

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A Dr Vošnjak from Slovenska Bistrica sent me a few days
ago a green booklet with gilt edges, the thin yellowish
paper covered with various neatly written poems. He said
that he was given them by a man called Killer, a buyer
from Kranj, who had supposedly been given them by Prešeren,
as a souvenir to his "friend". Mr Killer claims that Prešeren
wrote the poems himself - I find this unlikely; I admittedly
do not know Prešeren's handwriting, but the writing in
the booklet seems to me too smooth and elegant and nice,
but with some strange mistakes which, it seems, arise
more from ignorance than carelessness - for example, it
always says: Sollo: That is going a bit far - of course,
it is possible that Prešeren had written them when still
very young, but even then something disturbs me - which
may not be as small a thing as it seems - the booklet
had to be pretty expensive - would a lad have paid so
much for it - but of course it is possible he had obtained
it in some other manner! - Alas! it all seems to me that
this blessed thing is not authentic. God and Prešeren
forgive me if I am mistaken!